grinders

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The only comparably-priced grinders are hand grinders, and I can't see myself building up arm muscles first thing in the morning for a great cup of coffee.

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  1. noun One that grinds, especially:
  2. noun One who sharpens cutting edges.
  3. noun A mechanical device that grinds: a meat grinder.

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  • Meat-grinders aren't popular neighbors, even for tread-snails. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Four-Day Planet, by H. Beam Piper
  • The only comparably-priced grinders are hand grinders, and I can't see myself building up arm muscles first thing in the morning for a great cup of coffee. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • The front grinders are the ones first cut through. —  The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother
  • Yet they were honestly entertained, and acted upon according to the lights of Punch which at that time were full aflame Illustration: JOHN LEECH'S HOUSE, KENSINGTON HIGH STREET (NOW DEMOLISHED Drawn by John Fulleylove, R.I. But these playful dislikes paled beside the hatred he bore to organ-grinders--a hatred as unrelenting as the organ-grinders themselves. —  The History of "Punch"
  • The enamel of the grinders is so placed in the latter, as to form lozenges; and in the former, parallel-fluted ribbons. —  Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
 

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